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possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified
a city government that is rife with malfeasance and corruption
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Recent Examples of rife
Antisemitism remains rife, with Jews regularly harassed by both law enforcement and civilians.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
As fan speculation continues to run rife online, Noel Gallagher has shared whether Oasis will switch up the setlist on the band’s Live ‘25 Tour.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
The parasite — the larva of the New World screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America and Mexico.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
In an environment like that of Gaza today, where most people live in tents or shelters with very little clean water, and with much of the sewage system destroyed, illness is rife and people with weakened immunity are at even greater risk, all the aid agencies said.
—Dawoud Abu Alkas, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
As fan speculation continues to run rife online, Noel Gallagher has shared whether Oasis will switch up the setlist on the band’s Live ‘25 Tour.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
The parasite — the larva of the New World screwworm fly — can devastate cattle herds and is rife in parts of Central America and Mexico.
—Patrick Smith, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025
In an environment like that of Gaza today, where most people live in tents or shelters with very little clean water, and with much of the sewage system destroyed, illness is rife and people with weakened immunity are at even greater risk, all the aid agencies said.
—Dawoud Abu Alkas, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rife
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Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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The company has been around for over four decades, and other big-name tech companies, such as IBM, Microsoft, and Amazon, have made the cloud services market more crowded than ever.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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But the pushback her Administration got when the flyovers came to the press’ attention shows how fraught the issue is.—
Alex González Ormerod,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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His relationship with Shaun is fraught, to say the least.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
6 Sep. 2025
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Sashimi Thanks to the abundant waters, even humble izakayas serve world-class slices.—
Kaila Yu,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Pollen is abundant, Cho adds—a single floret of the common sunflower, for instance, produces 25,000 to 67,000 grains every summer.—
Sandy Ong,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Sep. 2025
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With kids back in school, parents are awash in laundry.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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While social media remains awash with speculation, the White House has not yet made any statement confirming whether the president or first lady were at Walter Reed last week.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Between flights, unpredictable weather, and a packed itinerary, vacations can come with a lot of variables.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Sep. 2025
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The outcome always felt in the balance, and Townsend was playing with unmatched attention on her, in a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium, on Labor Day weekend.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Omar’s growing outrage, especially when precious time is lost because of jammed phone lines, troubling silences and false assumptions, rankles Mahdi, the most overstretched of anyone at the call center.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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While some vacuums notify you when there’s a clog, manually check after each deep clean by removing the brush roll to make sure nothing is jammed behind it.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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Travis is a perfect addition to the rogue gallery of guys Rahill consistently plays across social media — hilarious and singular character studies of very particular and deeply cringey types of dude, replete with his trademark grin.—
Justin Caffier,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Developing emotionally resonant stories, replete with data to shed light on the economic and societal benefits of health interventions, can make compelling cases for investment.—
Aman Gupta,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Rife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rife. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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